All Good People Here Quotes

“What small tragedies their lives had turned out to be.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“Her uncle was a good man. He wasn’t like Elliott Wallace. He would never, could never, hurt anyone, let alone a six-year-old girl. And yet, for the first time since she’d been there, that night she locked her bedroom door.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“The moment felt both monumental and like nothing at all.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“Krissy felt something harden inside her—all these women, their daughters alive and well, come to get off on how benevolent and sad Krissy’s story made them feel. She would gladly murder any one of their daughters right now to have hers back for one more day.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“The cost of this marriage, she knew, would be keeping those secrets. She just hoped it would be worth it.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“The moon came up from behind the clouds, and suddenly, the room was illuminated. That’s when she saw it.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“Ever since I married Bob thirty years ago, Elliott’s used us like a bank. He wouldn’t call for months on end, and when he did, he’d pretend it was to catch up. But then, inevitably, he���d work into the conversation how broke he was and how he needed money for this or that. Bob always told me I was too soft, that I gave in too easy, but—”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“imagined it landing with a thud on the front porch, burping out entrails of macaroni”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“It’s not safe for you here.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“Three years ago, she’d shaken hands with, sat across from, and listened to the lies of a killer.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“She felt, deep inside her, that this was the man who’d killed all those girls, that she was staring at the face of a murderer.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“Krissy knew she should have been grateful to have Jace safe here with her, away from the watchful eyes of the police, but she wasn’t. Instead, all she felt when she saw him was a deep resentment that he wasn’t his sister.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“It’s not safe for you here - this was an order. And at only two words, its message was loud and clear: Get Out.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“This life—her family, their farm and house—wasn’t what she’d wanted, wasn’t even close, but it was more than she’d ever had before, and so she held on to it, hands tight.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“She heard a sound - a soft guttural moan - and realized it had come from her own mouth.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“always adorned with pearls of sweetness to coat its sharp edges:”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“Some she’d never heard of—WRTV, WNDU,”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“audience. And January’s good. You saw it—all those medals.” The detective leaned”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“And she wondered, as he gazed back at her with those flat, serious eyes, if she’d made the right decision, or if protecting him had been a horrible mistake.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“wasn’t even close, but it was more than she’d ever had before, and so she held on to it, hands tight.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“The residents of Wakarusa, Indiana, could spin gossip faster than a spider spins its web. Each time one of their own did something they shouldn’t—when Abby Schmuckers got caught shoplifting lipstick from the dime store; when the Becker kid dropped out of the 4-H volunteer club; when Jonah Schneider fell asleep and snored in church—the Wakarusa gossip chain would flap their jaws, chewing the tidbit over so thoroughly that by the time they’d finally spat it out again, the Truth was misshapen and unrecognizable, warped into the Story. And because the people of Wakarusa were churchgoing, law-abiding, capital-G God-fearing people, the Story was”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“According to her mother, Samantha Clark, the girl disappeared from a crowded local playground. Mrs. Clark had been feeding her youngest, an infant, when she looked up to check on Natalie and her son, but Natalie was nowhere to be found.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“know everyone here believes that whoever kidnapped Natalie Clark also killed January. I’d bet you anything they’re gonna think this barn note was written by the same guy.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“He shook his head, and when he spoke next, his voice was hard. “My wife did not kill our daughter. Krissy loved January. She may not have been the perfect mom, but”—he took a breath—“she loved her.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“A crime of hate. Margot had never thought of it like that, but she realized he had a point. A little girl’s head bashed in, her body abandoned in a ditch, angry words all over her walls.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“Jay. I’m just trying to understand if there’s a connection between that barn note and what happened to your sister. I just want to hear your version of what happened that night.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“I’m worried about her. She’s been asking a lot about January. I’m afraid she’ll find out what really happened.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“Staring down the barrel of her uncle’s rifle, Margot was seized by panic.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“was a gamble using this as leverage. From her experience, the proclamation that she was a journalist either piqued people’s curiosity or made them put up their defenses. To her great relief, it seemed Annabelle was one of the former.”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here

“Wasn’t that why anyone did anything destructive? From feeling unloved?”
― Ashley Flowers, All Good People Here